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Atul Kumar Singh is a PhD scholar in the civil engineering department at SRM Institute of Science and Technology-India. His research focuses on Blockchain technology in the construction industry. He is particularly interested in the adoption of technology in the construction industry and developing a strategic roadmap to adopt technology in the industry. Recently his work has been focused on unraveling the technology forecasting for sustainable construction.

Dr Saeed Reza Mohandes is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Civil Engineering and Management Department at the University of Manchester. Apart from his research role, he has been delivering research-informed teaching to a large cohort of M.Sc. students, including Project Finance and Construction Project Management. Concerning his research, he has been applying leading-edge AI-based techniques (e.g., deep learning and machine learning techniques, fuzzy logics, meta-heuristics algorithms, probabilistic techniques, BIM and digital twin, Internet of Things, etc.) to the realm of construction engineering and management, including, but not limited to, construction safety, green construction, infrastructure and environmental management, building energy efficiency and facility management.

Bankole Osita Awuzie is an Associate Professor in the School of Construction Economics and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He has conducted research on delivery project education systems, project governance, sustainability in higher education, and system thinking.

Temitope Omotayo is a Senior Lecturer in Quantity Surveying and an active researcher with the Construction Informatics and Digital Enterprise Laboratory (CIDEL) within the School of Built Environment Engineering and Computing. Dr Omotayo’s research interests are continuous improvement in construction cost management, building information modeling (BIM), circular economy, smart campuses and cities, based on the application of systems thinking and dynamics, and machine learning in built environment research.

V.R. Prasath Kumar received a PhD in Civil engineering from SRM Institute of Science and Technology-India. His doctoral research focused on sustainable construction materials development. Since then, he has been an Assistant professor of Civil Engineering at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India. His primary research interest is technology forecasting, environmental protection, sustainable development, Concrete Technology, Construction Planning and Management, and Construction Equipment.

Callum Kidd is a Professor at the University of Manchester within the Department of Engineering and Management. He has undertaken research on Configuration Management, Digital Twins, and Digital Threads. He also became the first person within the UK to receive a teaching excellence award from one of the world’s largest professional bodies, namely Project Management Institution.